Births
- January 1 – Grandmaster Flash
- January 8 – Steve Garvey, bass guitarist (Buzzcocks, The Teardrops)
- January 9 – Hillevi Martinpelto, operatic soprano
- January 11 – Vicki Peterson (The Bangles)
- January 24 – Jools Holland, R&B pianist and singer, TV music presenter
- February 16 – Ice-T, rapper
- February 21
- Jake Burns (Stiff Little Fingers)
- Mary Chapin Carpenter, singer-songwriter
- February 25 – Eva Johansson, operatic soprano
- March 5 – Andy Gibb, singer (d. 1988)
- March 8 – Gary Numan, singer
- March 9 – Martin Fry, vocalist of ABC
- April 11 – Stuart Adamson (Big Country) (d. 2001)
- April 12 – Will Sergeant (Echo & the Bunnymen)
- April 14 – Aprile Millo, operatic soprano
- April 18 – Les Pattinson (Echo & the Bunnymen)
- April 21 – Andranik Madadian, Armenian/Iranian singer-songwriter
- April 25 – Fish, Scottish singer (Marillion)
- May 2 – Mayumi Horikawa, Japanese singer-songwriter and model
- May 18 – Toyah Willcox, singer and actress
- May 21 – Mike Barson (Madness)
- May 25 – Paul Weller, singer-songwriter
- May 27 – Neil Finn, singer-songwriter
- May 30 – Marie Fredriksson (Roxette)
- June 3 – Roger Redgate, composer-conductor
- June 7 – Prince, singer-songwriter
- June 17 – Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys)
- June 21
- Jennifer Larmore, operatic mezzo-soprano
- Steve Lieberman punk musician (Gangsta Rabbi)
- June 30 – Esa-Pekka Salonen, composer-conductor
- July 5 – Paul Daniel, conductor
- July 7 – Michala Petri, recorder virtuoso
- July 18 – Bent Sørensen, composer
- July 25 – Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
- July 30 – Kate Bush, singer-songwriter and dancer
- July 31
- Bill Berry (R.E.M.)
- Deborah Riedel, operatic soprano (d. 2009)
- August 3 – Robert Buck (10,000 Maniacs)
- August 6 – Randy DeBarge, soul singer and guitarist
- August 7 – Bruce Dickinson, singer (Iron Maiden)
- August 16 – Madonna, singer
- August 17 – Belinda Carlisle, singer
- August 22
- Ian Mitchell (Bay City Rollers)
- Vernon Reid (Living Colour)
- August 29 – Michael Jackson, singer and songwriter (d. 2009)
- September 6 – Buster Bloodvessel, vocalist (Bad Manners)
- September 10 – Siobhan Fahey, singer
- September 19 – Lita Ford, singer
- September 22
- Andrea Bocelli, operatic tenor
- Joan Jett, rock musician
- October 9 – Al Jourgensen (Ministry)
- October 10 – Tanya Tucker, country singer
- October 13 – Derri Daugherty (The Choir, The Lost Dogs)
- October 14 – Thomas Dolby, English rock musician
- October 20
- Mark King, bassist and singer (Level 42)
- Ricky Byrd (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts)
- October 27 – Simon Le Bon, vocalist (Duran Duran)
- November 10 – Frank Maudsley (A Flock of Seagulls)
- November 22 – Jason Ringenberg (Jason & the Scorchers)
- November 27 – Tetsuya Komuro, Japanese songwriter and music producer
- December 7 – Timothy Butler (The Psychedelic Furs)
- December 9 – Nick Seymour, bassist (Crowded House)
- December 11 – Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe)
- December 14
- Mike Scott (The Waterboys)
- Spider Stacy, folk musician (The Pogues)
- December 17 – Mike Mills (R.E.M.)
- December 23 – Victoria Williams, singer-songwriter
- date unknown – Chuck Girard (Love Song)
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